On June 12th, 2011, THE MID-SUMMERS ROMAN ROOFTOP GARDEN…
…is needing a good watering every morning (that nearby Lago Bracciano is happy to oblige, providing Rome with the abundant local clean water that is the pride of…
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On June 10th, 2011, LONDON SOUTHBANK CENTRE ROOF GARDENS…
…newly installed on top of Queen Elizabeth Hall, in partnership with the Eden Project in Cornwall, is what I am admiring out the window on this alternately warm…
On June 9th, 2011, EDIBLE ESTATE #4: LONDON…
…is what I am always most keen to visit whenever I find myself back in town, and this morning on my way to meetings at the Hayward Gallery…
On June 3rd, A ROOFTOP SUNSET DINNER PARTY…
…last night, just after an errant storm passed over delivering a bit of cooling rain, was enjoyed on long rooftop garden-side peony-centered table set in the colorful vintage…
On May 28th, 2011, ROMAN ROOFTOP GARDEN NEWS…
…includes reports on recently planted loquat seeds; sad bean plants that are still refusing to climb up the bamboo wigwam structure that was made for them months ago;…
On May 19th, 2011, HIDDEN VILLA MEDICI GARDEN…
…of statuary is something I happened upon for the first time this afternoon as the sun was low while visiting a French friend in residence at the famous…
On May 13th, 2011, THE PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY GARDEN…
…hosted an Open Engagement conference lunch event today as the father of one of the students wheeled his mobile wood burning pizza oven into the center of the…
On May 6th, 2011, THE CONSERVATORY AT THE MINNEAPOLIS SCULPTURE GARDEN…
…is one of my happiest coziest familiar feel-at-home-kind-of places in the city, which provides a warm green escape in the depths of Minnesota winter and an early glimpse…
On April 29th, 2011, SPRING PLANTINGS IN THE ROMAN ROOFTOP GARDEN…
…including little tomato starts, bean seeds, eggplants, basil, squash, corn, and other future pleasures of the summer finally went in the rooftop dirt this week after much delay…
On April 24th, 2011, GARDENS OF NINFA…
…is what now occupies the small Roman village which was sacked and abandoned to malaria in the Middle Ages just off Via Appia Antica south of Rome –…
On April 11th, 2011, PEA, FAVA & WORM POOP HARVEST…
…is the breaking news from the Roman rooftop garden this morning – having never grown the favas, I’ve waited until they are as big as those I’ve been…
On April 8th, 2011, SALT BEYOGLU OPENS WITH ISTANBUL ROOFTOP HOTHOUSE…
…ready to welcome those who make it to the top floor for a respite of light and space with the aroma of wood shavings and fresh compost, a…
On April 7th, 2011, ISTANBUL HOTHOUSE PLANTING…
…was a gradual process today as heavy bags of fresh Turkish forest soil, compost, worm castings, and wood shavings (to loosen and lighten the soil) slowly made their…
On April 6th, 2011, SPECIAL TURKISH FARMER SEEDS…
…including lots of beans, corn, lettuce, squash, some rare precious tomatoes, and a variety of fruiting trees and vegetables starts have arrived from a friendly farmer couple who…
On March 31st, 2011, ISTANBUL ROOFTOP HOTHOUSE…
…is the next edition in the series of Edible Estates gardens which I have come here to begin work on (housed in a spacious airy new greenhouse on…
On March 30th, 2011, NILS NORMAN’S EDIBLE PARK …
…is a visionary permaculture landscape developing on a small tract of community gardening land in the modern outskirts of Den Haag – initiated by my British artist friend…
On March 26th, 2011, ROMAN ROOFTOP HOMESTEAD GARDEN UPDATE…
…today includes happy news about the reals stars of the show at the moment, the bursting crop of fava beans (which I saw all over Praiano this week)…
On March 25th, 2011, A BIG CUTE OLD DOG AT VILLA WOLKONSKY…
…the residence of the British Ambassador to Italy was actually the highlight of my visit for lunch today, where I came to hear about their plans for a…
On March 17th, 2011, DINNER FROM THE PLANTS…
…of the Roman rooftop homestead tonight included baby potatoes with mint/rosemary/nettles pesto – harvested during a brief afternoon break in the rain – as a steady stream of…
On March 13th, 2011, MINI ROOF GROTTO…
…in a big barrel was my solution to the daily rearranging of my moss gardens by the big birds who rule the skies up here on the Gianicolo…